Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Cowboys need to bring their "A" game Monday Night

Cowboys not necessarily excited to avoid Owens
By JAIME ARON, AP Sports Writer
November 8, 2005IRVING, Texas (AP) --

TIDBIT: When Dallas Cowboys tight end Dan Campbell heard that the Philadelphia Eagles were getting rid of Terrell Owens, he groaned. ``My first thought was, `We're going into a hornet's nest,''' he said.

The Cowboys play the Eagles in Philadelphia on Monday night, which Campbell considers lousy timing. As if the Eagles wouldn't already be fired up to play their longtime rival in the national spotlight game, now they'll have the added motivation of showing they're better off without their loud but talented receiver. ``That's what scares me,'' Campbell said Tuesday. ``They're probably going to pull closer together. They're going to prove we can do this with who we have on the team right now. ... I'm looking for them to play the best they've played all year. We just got to be ready to go.''